Combined tool.



- No.'871,476. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

' J. H. GHANBY.

COMBINED TOOL.

APPLIOATION FILED APB..3.1905.

a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAME .H. CHANEY, OF STANTON, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TQ WILLIAM E. DE WITT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COmIN'ED TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application fil d April 3. 1905. Serial No; 253.454.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. OHANEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Stancombined tools, especially designed for use in'the erection of either plain or barb-wire fence structures, particularly those in which wire or other metallic staples are employed for securing the fencing wires to their supports.

The object of my invention is to provide a hand implement combining the necessary tools and devices for cutting, clam ing and stretching the wire for driving an pulling the staples and for affording a leverage for pulli the staples and particularly as a fulcrum or the implement when employed. for stretc wire.

With t ese ends in view, my invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts by which the said objects and certain otherobjects hereinafter appearing are attained, all as fully described with reference to the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawing: Figure'l represents a plan view of a combined fence wire manipuating tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2, a front end elevation of the same. Fig. 3, a cross-section on the line 3', 3 of Fig. 5. Fig.

I 4,- a detail showing the position .of the cutting and gripping devices 1n an open position.

' Fig. 5, a side elevation of the implement, and

' usual manner for pivotin the Fig. 6 a OIOSSi-SECtiOD on the line 3, 3 of Fig.

5, of a modified form of cutting edges.

Similar numerals of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the draw- 7 and 8 res ectively represent two levers secured toget or by a pivot bolt 9 in any 'p ingmemera ly by rebersof a hand-tool, an pre one of said members into the other,

cess' as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The pivoted members or bars 7 and may be of any metal suitable for the purpose but preferably of steel and terminate at one end l in handles 10 and. 11 which may be screwthreaded into'the ends of the bars, as indi-' in order that the greatest possible leverage may be secured for the purposes of their op eration and these blades are arranged so that as the handles are pressed toward each other from an open position, a wire inserted between the edges of the blades will be severed by a shear out. For ordinary purposes however, the cutting-blades may be formed integral with the bars 7 and 8 as respectively indicated at 16 and 17 in the modification shown in Fig. 6, but where the additional cost of using separate and hardened steel blades is of no substantial importance, then the removable blades 13 and 14 are preferably employed and mortised, as shown in Fig. 3, in order that they may be firmly and rigidly held against movement when'removably secured in place by the set-screws.

Between the pivot and the front ends of themembers 7 and 8 their opposing fences are corrugated to form a series of teeth 18, 19 and each member so as to oppose each other and grip awire when the handles of the implement are forced outwardly away from each other, the gripping surfaces being somew at extended to secure such and hold on the wire when pulling to stretch it, that it may not slip from between the gripping surfaces of the implement.

Both members 7 and 8 terminate respectively in wedge shaped prongs 20 and 21 which project 'at a right anglefrom the members 7 and. 8, which prongs areada ted for pulling staples to which end t e outer sidethereol is straight, as indicated at 22 and the inner side inclining, as shown at 23 and.

preferably convex, as indicated by the dotted lines 24 in Fig. 5, to conform to the crown of thestaple, so that when the rong or prongs of the implement are passed ownwardly or upwardly through a staple, afiat side 22 will lie parallel with and a ainst the fence post and the curved. side fit t e curvature of the staple crown, so that when the necessary leverage is applied by bearing down or up upon the handles, as may be, the staple may be withdrawn without disfiguration and without injury. Two of these prongs are employed, one on each of the members 7'and 8, so that two staples may be simultaneously withdrawn at; any point and 26,'which,"if desired, may have steel or hardened faces, the arranging of these hammer portions opposite the prongs, provides for the latter, adding a desirableweight facilitating the operation of the hammers, and as shown in Fig. 5, these hammer faces diverge outwardly so that when the gripping jaws are close together, a claw is provided, as shown in Fig. 5, for the pulling of nails and other purposes, which claw is expansible owing to the pivot connection of the members 7 and 8. As indicated in Fig. 1, the members 7 and 8 next the handles, have a twist for the purposes of facilitating the gripping of the handles and alining the one immediately over the other in order to better center the gripping force. Having described my invention, what I elaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. A combined tool comprising two bars or members pivoted together and having handles atone side of their pivot, and at the opposite side thereof diverging pointed prongs projecting at substantially a right angle to said members.

2. A combined toolcomprising in combi-- prongs and pivot.

nation two bars or members pivoted together and having handles at one side of their pivot, and at the opposite side, prongs having convex surfaces and projecting at substantially a right angle thereto.

3. A combined tool comprising two bars or members pivoted together and having handles at one side of their pivot and at the opposite side prongs Igrojecting at substantially a right angle t ereto, one surface of which is convex and the opposite surface flat.

4. A combined tool comprising two bars or members pivoted together and having handles at one side of theirpivot and at the opposite side thereof, prongs and serrated surfaces between said prongs and pivot.

' 5. A combined tool comprising two bars or members pivoted together andhaving handles at one side of their pivot and at the opposite side, prongs projecting at substantially a right angle thereto, and serrated surfaces between said prongs and pivot.

6. A combined tool comprising-two bars or members pivoted together and having handles at one side of their pivot and at the opposite side diverging pointed prongsprojectmg at substantially a right angle thereto and serrated surfaces between said prongs and pivot.

7. A combined tool comprising two bars or members pivoted together and having handles at one side of their pivot and at the opposite side diverging pointed prongs having a convex surface upon one side and projecting at substantially a right angle to said members, and serrated surfaces between said JAMES H. oHANEr. Witnesses:

H. H. DE WITT, J. W. DE WITT. 

